Cheap Shots

It's my Gran's birthday today (she would have been 106 and already have drunk you under the table) so let's get straight to the Cheap Shots!

So.... Hawkeye Pierce may get sent back to Korea because the Secretary of State isn't getting enough sleep.

So who had money that the first country that we'd have to formally apologize to was Great Britain?

Say goodbye to all of this.

And also say goodbye to the law firm of Boot, Thimble and Wheelbarrow.

If there was such a thing as a National Public Newspaper he'd probably cut that too.

"The budget request also proposes wasting technologies already in space."

Ireland is not Nigeria, Mr. Trump. And ooh, the Irish response. Those are a people who know how to throw an insult. If you only follow one of my links, this is the one.

I hope that "these people" don't wait too long to realize that they are actually "those people".

Don't you kind of miss having a First Lady?

I would love to know what she told him between photo ops.

Because the Irish are great at insults, here is how to properly make and drink a Fianna Pucker Fucker:

Ingredients:
1 oz. Green Apple Pucker (more Green Apple Pucker drinks)
1 oz. Jameson Irish Whiskey (more Jameson Irish Whiskey drinks)
Guinness (Or Killian's Irish Red) (more Guinness drinks)

Instructions:
Chill the first two ingredients and strain through ice into a shot glass. Shoot and slam the entire chaser afterwards.

Find a whiff of scandal, get fired, profit.

Did Trump just call Fox fake news

Still more proof that Trump doesn't understand what mocking means.

Blackish.

The Trump effect.

So "Sending in the Feds" actually amounts to nothing, right?

COISES!!!!!

Again, Justin Trudeau brings on the awesome.

And because I love you, enjoy The Rumjacks!

Have your neighbors reported YOU yet?

These will be heavy thoughts for a Saturday but I had them, so I'm sharing them. That's how this Internet thing works.

We've all been watching the news over the past few weeks about people being rounded up and deported. People who seemingly don't deserve it. A mother of a soldier killed while serving in the U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan. A soldier who served two tours. A local restaurant owner so beloved by the community who raised money for local police and firefighters and even fed them for free on rough days. A grandfather. A girl who gave a speech.

Yeah, them's the bad hombres Trump wants to deport all right.

Don't get me wrong - there are people who should be deported. The number is nowhere as big as some people imagine but Trump really hit a nerve when he talked about rapists, drug dealers and killers. No one wants to live by those people and those people do exist - although it seems to me that most of them are on bad TV shows.

But the people we're actually deporting just aren't those people. We are deporting people who are living the ideal of the American Dream. In many cases, these are people who have been here for over a decade. BEFORE OBAMA.

So there is a question that's been bothering me and no one is asking it. I have yet to see a single reporter ask this question and I started looking. Not one news story.

HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE WINDING UP ON ICE'S RADAR?

I think that this is something we Americans have a right to know. How do people wind up on ICE's list of people to detain and deport? Has ICE been looking for grandfathers and pillars of the community? I have my doubts.

What seems more likely is that these people are winding up on ICE's lists because someone told them about these people. So the question is: Who?

ICE, like any law enforcement agency, accepts tips from the general populace. Sometimes, that's just how the big break comes - someone talks about what they know to the right person. ICE actually has a toll-free number you can call to report suspected illegal immigrants. A top Google search as of late is "How do I get an illegal immigrant deported?"

Here's a fun fact about Google, by the way - if you start searching these kinds of things as research for a blog post they'll actually tell you what the top searches are. That's how I found this out.

The website wikihow gives you step-by-step instructions on how to anonymously report suspected illegal aliens. It is searched often enough to come up on the first page of a Google search on the topic.

Brietbart has published articles on how to report people, and on people telling other people how to report people. (Careful about following that link down the rabbit hole - it may induce vomiting).

The inescapable conclusion is that someone is out there reporting on suspected illegal immigrants. That someone could be anyone. That someone is quite likely anonymous. That someone could be your neighbor.

So is this where we are? Americans turning in the brown people? Is this who we want to be?

Some of us want to be that. Some of us want to be the ones who get rid of them brown people, so some of us are calling it in. Filling out forms with no repercussions. Doing their part to get of the brown-skinned peoples.

Is this list your path? Would this list make sense to you if instead of the word Jew it said Mexican? If so, what the ever lovin' FUCK is wrong with you?

What happened to you that turned you into such a paranoid jackass? What happened to us that turned us into people who squeal on our neighbors because of the color of their skin? What turned us into the bad guys?

And why is no one save for one cranky lefty blogger who swears too much asking?

Be careful out there my friends. Have your neighbors reported YOU yet?

And because I love you, a sweet pop-tune from Los Lonely Boys:

Republican't Health Care.

So the Republican't version of health care does the following:

1. Increases the cost of insurance for the elderly by as much as 67% - because the ceiling on coverage is no longer 3 times what the younglings pay but 5 times.
2. Medicaid expansion goes bye bye, although those states that refused it are going to get small rewards.
3. Planned Parenthood is defunded.
4. The Subsidies that presently help people get coverage are gone.
5. The limit on how much a CEO can deduct for their plan has been removed.
6. Instead of having an individual mandate, anyone who goes 63 (!?) days or more can be charged an extra premium by their insurer - up to 130% of the original premium.
7. The essential benefits portion of the ACA also goes bye bye, so now an insurer can pick and choose which thing you're going to go bankrupt over.
8. There are six (6) pages in the new bill dealing with LOTTERY WINNERS, and keeping them away from Medicaid!
9. Repeals the tanning tax.

Yep, people are gonna die.

Cheap shots:

CALM DOWN.

Actually, Obama is only 7.38% at fault.

Seriously? Even Operation Wetback didn't do this.

This is going to put us near the top when people discuss countries that abuse human rights.

https://twitter.com/SamuelLJackson/status/838857880501641216

It's a good question. Why would someone put a luxury hotel there?

They keep creating the same 40,000 jobs but I don't actually see anyone working. Just sayin'. By the way, this is the same 40,000 jobs Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson himself announced back when he was CEO and Obama was President. Just sayin'.

Look out menfolk. It's tomorrow.

Didn't we just pass 400?

Here is how to make an Island Breeze:

4 oz. Pineapple Juice
1.5 oz. Rum
1 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a tall glass with ice, and garnish with a lime wedge. 

Sometimes I can actually hear in the background Daffy Duck saying, "Deficit, Schmeficit, as long as I'm rich."

Meanwhile, over at the Stateless Department...

Yes, the 2020 election has already begun fundraising. 

The bad guy.

And because I love you, They Might Be Giants covering "Tubthumping":

Tonight's drinking game!

So tonight comes the great speech. The moment where Donald John Trump addresses congress for his first State of the Union address. Here are my drinking rules for tonight:

1. 1.       Use of the non-word “bigly” means a shot.
2. 2.       Use of the words “trust me” in that order means finish your drink.
3. 3.       Any time he says any adjective that implies best, greatest, or superior without actually mentioning the United States, take a gulp.
4. 4.       Use of the word “vetting” means you finish your drink.
5. 5.       Any time he uses an exaggerated number means a shot.
6. 6.       Any time he says any adjective that implies best, greatest, or superior in reference to HIMSELF finish your drink.
7. 7.       Use of the words “make America great again” is a technical foul. Take two gulps. If accompanied by that red trucker hat (made in China) finish your drink and your neighbor’s too.
8. 8.       If he mentions his tax returns in any form, drink 15-22% of your drink.
9. 9.       If me mentions any property he owns take a shot
10. 10.   If he places blame for any problems on other people, take a drink. If he blames Democrats, ½ a drink. The military, 2 drinks. His own party, finish your drink. If he blames Obama, set your drink on fire, blow it out, then drink it. Mexicans, be sure you’re drinking tequila.
11. 11.   If he mentions leaks, take a shot. Maybe spill a little of it.
12. 12.   If he mentions how great a leader of another country is, that’s a shot. If it’s Putin, It’s a shot of vodka.
13. 13.   If he tweets during the address, that’s a six-pack you need to drink.
14. 14.   If he tweets during the Democratic Party’s response, that’s a shot.
15. 15.   If he makes up a word, take a shot
16. 16.   If he touches his hair, take 5 shots
17. 17.   If he makes you conscious of the size of his hands, take ½ a shot.
18. 18.   If he uses the word “unfair” finish your drink.
19. 19.   If he says “Obamacare” check your pulse while you take a shot.
20. 20.   If he places some sort of blame on the courts or on any justice of any court close your eyes and take a shot of whatever your friends hand you
21. 21.   If he mentions his wall, take 1/10 of a shot. I he manages to do it 10 times, take 10 shots.
22. 22.   If he mentions the popular vote or the electoral college regarding his own election, take a shot and pour ½ of it out into someone else’s drink. Drink that.
23. 23.   If he talks about Mexicans or Mexico in a derogatory fashion, put salt on the rim of your drink and finish it.
24. 24.   If he uses the words “Islamic Terrorism” take a drink of water.
25. 25.   If he manages to say something that contradicts something he said in the previous 60 seconds take a shot
26. 26.   If he says “Democrat Party” instead of “Democratic Party” at any point, take a punch to the genitals and then a shot.
27. 27.   If he mentions his familiarity with beautiful women, take a shot. If he mentions his daughter in that context, finish your drink and induce vomiting.
28. 28.   If you manage to check everything off this list, call 911 because you’re a gonna die otherwise.

As for me, for the first time in a very long time, several administrations now, I won’t be watching.  Because I think he’s going to do them all.

Help wanted, no experience necessary.

Here is a list, as of today, of all of the positions in Government that Donald J. Trump has not nominated ANYONE for. 515 jobs, out of 549 he has to personally fill that require Senate confirmation. This is your Government Inaction, ladies and germs.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE111 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary for management and resources — NO NOMINEE Legal adviser — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for management — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for arms control and international security affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for legislative affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for intelligence and research — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for economic growth, energy and environment — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for political affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for public diplomacy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for arms control, verification, and compliance — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for political-military affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for crisis and stabilization operations — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for democracy, human rights and labor — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for population, refugees and migration — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for economic and business affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for energy resources — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for oceans and international, environmental and scientific affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for consular affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for diplomatic security — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for African affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for international organization affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for South Asian affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for educational and cultural affairs — NO NOMINEE Chief of protocol — NO NOMINEE Coordinator for counter-terrorism — NO NOMINEE Director general, foreign service and director of human resources — NO NOMINEE Director, Office of Foreign Missions — NO NOMINEE Coordinator for threat reduction programs — NO NOMINEE Alternate representative to the United Nations for special political affairs — NO NOMINEE Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking with the rank of ambassador at large — NO NOMINEE Ambassador-at-large and coordinator of United States government activities to combat HIV/AIDS globally — NO NOMINEE Ambassador at-large for war crimes issues — NO NOMINEE Ambassador-at-large for global women's issues — NO NOMINEE Ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Argentina — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Australia — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Belgium — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Belize — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Venezuela — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Canada — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Czech Republic — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Dominican Republic — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Germany — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, France & Monaco — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Luxembourg — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Holy See — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, India — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Ireland — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Afghanistan — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Italy & San Marino — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Japan — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Denmark — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Morocco — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Saudi Arabia — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Netherlands — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, New Zealand & Samoa — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Norway — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Bolivia — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Austria — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Belarus — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Costa Rica — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Finland — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Hungary — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Iceland — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Korea — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Portugal — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Singapore — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, South Africa — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Trinidad and Tobago — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Spain & Andorra — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Eritrea — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Sweden — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Switzerland & Principality of Liechtenstein — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Syria — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Bahamas — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Tanzania — NO NOMINEE Ambassador, Cuba — NO NOMINEE Permanent representative of the United States on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations — NO NOMINEE Permanent representative of the United States to the Organization of American States — NO NOMINEE Public delegate, alternate U.S. representative to the U.N. General Assembly — NO NOMINEE Public delegate, alternate U.S. representative to the U.N. General Assembly — NO NOMINEE Public delegate, U.S. representative to the U.N. General Assembly — NO NOMINEE Representative of the United States to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations — NO NOMINEE Representative of the United States to the European Union — NO NOMINEE Representative of the United States to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — NO NOMINEE Representative of the United States to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe — NO NOMINEE Representative of the United States to the Vienna office of the United Nations and representative of the United States to the International Atomic Energy Agency — NO NOMINEE Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations — NO NOMINEE Representative to the United Nations for management and reform — NO NOMINEE Special envoy for North Korea human rights issues — NO NOMINEE Special representative of the president for nuclear non-proliferation with the rank of ambassador — NO NOMINEE U.S. representative to the Office of the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva — NO NOMINEE United States deputy representative to the United Nations — NO NOMINEE U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy — NO NOMINEE U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy — NO NOMINEE U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy — NO NOMINEE U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy — NO NOMINEE Special envoy to promote religious freedom of religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia with the rank of ambassador — NO NOMINEE U.S. representative to the Conference on Disarmament, with the rank of ambassador — NO NOMINEE Representative of the U.S. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with rank of ambassador — NO NOMINEE U.S. representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, with rank of ambassador — NO NOMINEE Special representative of the president for nuclear nonproliferation, with the rank of ambassador — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE12 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for civil rights — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for congressional relations — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for farm and foreign agricultural services — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for food safety — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for food, nutrition and consumer services — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for marketing and regulatory programs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for natural resources and environment — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for research, education and economics — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for rural development — DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE19 positions NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer and assistant secretary for administration — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for legislative and intergovernmental affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for intellectual property and director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for industry and security — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for economic affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for oceans and atmosphere and administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for international trade — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for standards and technology — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for economic development — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for export enforcement — NO NOMINEE Director general for the United States and Foreign Commercial Service and assistant secretary for global markets — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for environmental observation and prediction — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for communications and information — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for export administration — NO NOMINEE Director, Census Bureau — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for oceans and atmosphere — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for industry and analysis — DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE50 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Inspector general — NO NOMINEE Under secretary/comptroller — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for policy — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for intelligence — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for legislative affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for reserve affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary of the Air Force — NO NOMINEE General counsel of the Air Force — NO NOMINEE Secretary of the Army — NO NOMINEE Under secretary of the Army — NO NOMINEE General counsel of the Army — NO NOMINEE Under secretary of the Navy — NO NOMINEE General counsel of the Navy — NO NOMINEE Director for operational test and evaluation — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for personnel and readiness — NO NOMINEE Principal deputy under secretary for policy — NO NOMINEE Principal deputy under secretary for intelligence — NO NOMINEE Principal deputy under secretary for personnel and readiness — NO NOMINEE Principal deputy under secretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics — NO NOMINEE Principal deputy under secretary (comptroller) — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for Asian and Pacific security affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for homeland defense and global security affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for international security affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for special operations/low intensity conflict — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for acquisition — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for logistics and materiel readiness — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for nuclear, chemical and biological defense — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for research and engineering — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for health affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs — NO NOMINEE Deputy chief management officer — NO NOMINEE Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology, logistics — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for financial management and comptroller, Department of the Air Force — NO NOMINEE Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Logistics — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Army for civil works — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Army for financial management and comptroller, Department of the Army — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations, and environment — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroller, Department of the Navy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition — DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION14 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for legislation and congressional affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for civil rights — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for communications and outreach — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for postsecondary education — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for career, technical and adult education — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration — NO NOMINEE Director of the Institute of Education Sciences — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY21 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for management and performance — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for nuclear security/administrator for nuclear security — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental affairs — NO NOMINEE Inspector general — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for science — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for electricity delivery and energy reliability — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for environmental management — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for fossil energy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for nuclear energy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for international affairs — NO NOMINEE Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration — NO NOMINEE Director, energy advanced research projects department — NO NOMINEE Director, Office of Minority Economic Impact — NO NOMINEE Director, Office of Science — NO NOMINEE Deputy administrator for defense programs, National Nuclear Security Administration — NO NOMINEE Deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation — NO NOMINEE Principal deputy administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES14 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for legislation — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for financial resources — NO NOMINEE Director, National Institutes of Health — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for aging and administrator, Administration for Community Living — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for children and families — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for health — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for planning and evaluation — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for preparedness and response — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, Administration for Children, Youth and Families — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY14 positions NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for management — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for intelligence and analysis — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for national protection and programs directorate — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for science and technology — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for policy — NO NOMINEE Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security Administration — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency — NO NOMINEE Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection — NO NOMINEE Deputy administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency — NO NOMINEE Deputy administrator for protection and national preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency — DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT11 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental relations — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for community planning and development — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for housing and federal housing commissioner — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for policy development and research — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for public and indian housing — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for administration/chief human capital officer — NO NOMINEE President, Government National Mortgage Association — DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE23 positions NO NOMINEE Solicitor general — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the Office of Legislative Affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the antitrust division — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the national security division — NO NOMINEE Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the civil division — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the civil rights division — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the criminal division — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the environment and natural resources division — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the justice programs division — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy — NO NOMINEE Assistant attorney general for the tax division — NO NOMINEE Deputy administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration — NO NOMINEE Director, Community Relations Service — NO NOMINEE Director, Office on Violence Against Women — NO NOMINEE Director, U.S. Marshals Service — NO NOMINEE Special counsel for immigration-related unfair employment practices — NO NOMINEE Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission — DEPARTMENT OF LABOR13 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE Solicitor — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for employee benefits security — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for employment and training — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for mine safety and health — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for occupational safety and health — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for disability employment policy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for policy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for veterans employment and training — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics — NO NOMINEE Administrator, wage and hour division — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION18 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for budget and programs and chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for governmental affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary of transportation for policy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for transportation policy — NO NOMINEE Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Federal Highway Administration — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Federal Transit Administration — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Maritime Administration — NO NOMINEE Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration — NO NOMINEE Member, Surface Transportation Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Surface Transportation Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Surface Transportation Board — DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS10 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for congressional and legislative affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for memorial affairs — NO NOMINEE Under Secretary for Health — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for benefits — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for information and technology — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for policy and planning — NO NOMINEE Chairman, board of veterans' appeals — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR16 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE Solicitor — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for policy, management, and budget — NO NOMINEE Inspector general — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary of Indian affairs — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for insular areas — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for land and minerals management — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for water and science — NO NOMINEE Director, Bureau of Land Management — NO NOMINEE Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation — NO NOMINEE Director, National Park Service — NO NOMINEE Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement — NO NOMINEE Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — NO NOMINEE Director, U.S. Geological Survey — NO NOMINEE Special trustee for American Indians — DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY26 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy secretary — NO NOMINEE General counsel — NO NOMINEE Chief financial officer — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for international affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence — NO NOMINEE Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) for Legislative Affairs — NO NOMINEE Under secretary for domestic finance — NO NOMINEE Deputy Under Secretary/Designated Assistant Secretary for International Finance — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for economic policy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for financial institutions — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for financial markets — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for financial stability — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for international markets and development — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for tax policy — NO NOMINEE Assistant secretary for terrorist financing — NO NOMINEE Director, U.S. Mint — NO NOMINEE Chief counsel, Internal Revenue Service — NO NOMINEE Member, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board — NO NOMINEE Member, Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board — EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT20 positions NO NOMINEE Deputy director, Office of Management and Budget — NO NOMINEE Deputy director for management, Office of Management and Budget — NO NOMINEE Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management — NO NOMINEE Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy — NO NOMINEE Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs — NO NOMINEE Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy — NO NOMINEE Director of National Drug Control Policy — NO NOMINEE Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality — NO NOMINEE Member, Council on Environmental Quality — NO NOMINEE Member, Council on Environmental Quality — NO NOMINEE Deputy U.S. trade representative, (rank of ambassador) — NO NOMINEE Deputy U.S. trade representative — NO NOMINEE Deputy U.S. 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